Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 7

Page 90

✨ Bankruptcy and Customs

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On the ninth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six:

N reading the affidavits of Adam
Thompson and Thomas Perkin, filed
herein, and on hearing Mr. Izard of counsel
for the said petitioner: It is ordered
that the said petition be accepted, and
that the said petitioner do come up for
hearing on the eighth day of May next,
at
the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon,
and that a meeting of creditors of the
said Adam Thompson be held at the
Grand Jury Room, Wellington, on Monday,
the nineteenth day of March instant,
at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon,
for the purpose of recommending trustees,
and the mode of winding up the
same; and that in the meantime John

Matthew Taylor, giving security to the
satisfaction of the Registrar of this Court,
be appointed ad interim sequestrator of
the said estate: And it is further ordered
that this present order shall be a vesting
order, as provided by the last-mentioned
Act: Provided, however, that nothing
herein contained shall protect the person
of the said petitioner from any writ of
arrest which may issue against him under
the Writ of Arrest Act, to the satisfaction
of a Judge of this Honorable Court, or of
a Registrar thereof, in the absence of a
Judge.

By the Court.

L.S.

Charles B. Izard,
Petitioner’s Solicitor.

Customs, Port of Wellington—March Quarter, 1866.

STATEMENT of all Moneys received by William Seed, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Port of Wellington, New Zealand, from the 2nd January, to the 31st day of March, 1866, both days inclusive.

Head of Receipt	Total
Spirits ...................... 10,021 28-32 gallons at 12s.	£6,015 1 6
Tobacco ..................... 6,901 lbs. at 2s. 6d.	862 12 6
Cigars and Snuff ............ 890 7-16 lbs. at 4. 6d.	200 7 1
Wine ........................ 1102 5-32 gallons at 5s.	275 10 10
Tea ......................... 5,488 gallons at 4s.	687 12 0
Ale and Beer ................ 16,128 gallons 1s. 6d.	1,209 12 0
Do. ......................... 19,278 gallons at 9d.	722 18 6
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, & Chocolate 25,601 lbs. at 3d.	320 0 3
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses 393,703 lbs. at 1d.	1,640 8 7
Tea ......................... 47,695 lbs. at 6d.	1,192 7 6
Measurement Duties .......... 10,9847-12 at 5s. 9 cubic foot	2,746 2 11
Firearms .................... 9 at 5s. each	2 5 0
Goods ....................... 2,794 105-112 at 4s. per cwt.	558 19 9
Total Amount of Duties	£16,431 18 4

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

Date	Payment to Colonial Treasurer	Amount
1866, January 6th	By payment to Colonial Treasurer	£1,442 5 9
„ 13th	do.	1,673 0 6
„ 20th	do.	1,363 18 8
„ 27th	do.	998 13 5
February 3rd	do.	1,364 8 5
„ 10th	do.	1,231 17 0
„ 17th	do.	994 4 11
„ 28th	do.	2,040 19 3
March 10th	do.	1,511 1 1
„ 17th	do.	1,709 9 8
„ 24th	do.	946 15 3
„ 31st	do.	1,154 11 5
Total as above		£16,431 18 4

I, William Seed, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing is a true
and faithful statement of my Accounts as Collector of Customs for the period herein
mentioned, and that the sum of £16,431 18s. 4d. Sterling paid by me as above is the
whole amount so received by me from the 2nd January, to the 31st day of March, 1866,
both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the
same to be true.

Declared before me this second day of
April, 1866.

W. Rolleston, J.P.

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